“To love God! Oh, how beautiful it is! We must be in heaven to comprehend love. . . . Prayer helps us a little, because prayer is the elevation of the soul to heaven. . . . The more we know men, the less we love them. It is the reverse with God; the more we know Him, the more we love Him. This know ledge inflames the soul with such a love, that it can no longer love or desire any thing but God. . . . Man was created by love; therefore he is so disposed to love. On the other hand, he is so great that nothing on the earth can satisfy him. He can be satisfied only when he turns towards God. . . . Take a fish out of the water, and it will not live. Well, such is man without God. There are some who do not love the good God, who do not pray to Him, and who prosper; that is a bad sign. They have done a little good in the midst of a great deal of evil. The good God rewards them in this life.” St. Jean-Marie Vianney (Curé D'Ars) (“The Spirit of the Cure of Ars” translated and edited by Fr. John Edward Bowden from the French of M. L'Abbé Monnin, pub. 1865.)